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GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

A WOMAN, A BURRO, SIX CROOKS, AND A COYOTE– feature by Ann HilbornTo gain cooperation from her adventurous son, a controlling, uptight mom agrees to deliver a burro he rescued to a safe-haven in Mexico -- but her trip turns into the adventure of a lifetime when dangerous characters try to take the animal.

FEATURE-LENGTH PRIZE WINNERS:

FIRST PRIZE: A WOMAN, A BURRO, SIX CROOKS, AND A COYOTE

SHORT-LENGTH PRIZE WINNERS:

THISABILITYby Don Fried & Mike FuhrmannWhen four disabled people discover a dishonest social worker has taken a bribe to force them from their house, they frame him for the unlikely heist they commit to save their home.—2nd Prize, Feature

AB IRATOby Mark StasenkoWhen a maniac learns that his ex-wife and son are indebted to dangerous men, he desperately follows his father's criminal past to save them.—3rd Prize, Feature

THE HAREby John OtteniAn elderly assassin struggles with his own mortality in an attempt to deliver his final job.—1st Prize, Short

TALES FROM THE WEIRD WEST: THE STRANGERby Phillip JimenezIn the old west a Paranormal Investigator puts his job aside to seek vengeance on someone who did him wrong.—2nd Prize, Short

HANNAH'S BIRTHDAYby Juliet BerghHannah is a waitress trapped in limbo; unable to escape the nightmare until she finds the courage to destroy the demons of her past.—3rd Prize, Short